Packaging means for blade-like elements of textile machines and the like



July 12, 1960 L. H. COLTON 2,944,662

PACKAGING MEANS FOR BLADE-LIKE ELEMENTS v 0 TEXTILE MACHINES AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 20, 1956 5 K r 0 o 9 3 o' 0:] o ,4

F/ G 3 Inventor L 2 001': Henry tainer.

United. States atent O PACKAGING MEAN S FOR BLADE-LIKE ELE- MENTS OF TEXTILE MACHINES AND THE I LIKE LewisHenry Colton, Bunny, Nottingham, England, as-

signor to Coltex Limited, Loughborough, England, a corporation of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Filed Nov. 20, 1956, Ser. No. 623,416

'3 Claims. (Cl. 206-16) This invention relates to improved packaging means for blade-like elements of textile machines and thelike and is vprimarily concerned with a package for jack sinkers and like elements for straight 'bar knitting machines which although of comparatively frail character are required to be of precision form. 7

An object of the invention is'to provide a handy pack for relatively small supplies of the elements in which they can be supported, maintained and stored in their initial precision form.

The invention provides packaging means for bladelike elements of textile machines and the like comprising a container, and support means in the container engaging with blade-like elements in the container suitable to support them in their initial precision form. Conveniently the support means consists of a bar or block of suitable material which extends transversely of a group supporting its own group of elements ina manner complementary to the other group.

The container may have mounted or moulded in it 7 means additional to the bar or block forlocating the .ele-

ments against longitudinal movement thereof.

The or each support bar or block may be (1) applied to its group of the elements before fitting into the container or (2) it may be applied to the container before fitting its group of elements in the container or (3) it maybe applied to its group of the elements after the V latter are positioned in the container.

The container may have one ormore apertures for access to individual elements by poking through the aper ture or apertures."

Side parts of the container may have projecting formations for fixing of the support bar 'or blockin the con- The container may have one jor more recessed parts to seat the support bar or block.

The container may be made of teri-al. a a a The above and other featu'resof the invention set out in the appended claims are incorporated in the construca suitable plastic malice. j

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the package and Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of the package.

Referring now to Figure 1 the package consists of a box formed in two complementary parts, viz, a body 1 and a lid 2 (in this example of transparent plastic material) these two parts being sealed together by. adhesive tape 3 and the box housing a supply of jack sinkers (of 7 the type employed in straight bar knitting machines) in of and in supporting engagement with a group of'the eler r a manner-to be described. l l Referring now to Figure 2 it will be seen that for fitting of the lid 2 onto the body 1 of the box the lid 2 has a recessed part 4 for mating with a complementary recessed shoulder 5 on the body 1. If desired thelid may be hingedly connected to the body.

A supply of sinkers is provided in two groups 10 and 11 in each of which the butts 8, 9 abut against each other as shown in Figure 2 so that the thinner blade parts 10a, 11a of the sinkers are respectively disposed in spaced parallel relationship.

The group 10 of the sinkers is housed in normal attitude in the body 1 of the box and the other group 11 is housed in the lid 2 of the box in reverse attitude.

The body 1 udlid 2 are each formed with a partition 6, 7 extending from side to side thereof and at a distance from opposite ends of the respective body and lidslightly greater than the'width of butts 8, 9 of sinkers 10, 11.

As illustrated in Figure 3 the butts 8 of the sinkers 10 in the body 1 of the box are located against longitudinal movements by the partition 7 in the lid 2, and the butts 9 of the sinkers 11 in the lid 2 are located against longitudinal movement by the partition 6 in the body 1.

Each group of sinkers is held in the box with the hereafter referred to. Each block 12, 13 is appliedin such manner that the sinkers bladesl0a', 11a are set-in the 'blockwith parts, of the suitable material extending 'betweenadjacent blades. Thev suitable .m-ateri-al may be applied in any one of several ways. For example, as illustrated in" Figure 2 with respect to the sinkers 10, the block of suitable material may be formed on the sinkers before positioning the sinkers in the appropriate parts of the box, and the tion which will now be'described, as'a specific embodiment, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 2 is an exp1oded'view of the package.

combined unit of sinkers and the block is then fitted in the appropriate part of the box with the block having afirm friction fit in the box.

Alternatively, the block of suitable material may be applied tothe appropriate part of the box (the body 1 or lid 2) with the sinkers removed from the box, the sinkers then being inserted such as to set them in the block in the desired manner, and

the block having a moulded fit in the box.

In a third arrangement the sinkers may first be positioned in the appropriate part of 'the box and then the block of suitable material may be formed about the sinkers in said part of the box, so that the block again has a moulded fit in the box. In this arrangement the block may be formed by pouring a wax or gelatine in liquid form into the container so that it sets to form the said block.

The blockof suitable material may be of any suitable shape or size and'such aslto extend almost to the upper of the 'box.

If desired the bodyl and'lid 2 may be formed with a I v recess14, 15 in its base part to form a seating for the respective blocks '12, 13.

" Slots or other apertures 16, 17 may be'formed in the body 1 and lid 2 in registry with the butt ends of the respective sinkers so that, after opening the box, extraction of sinkers from the box may be facilitated by blades supported in their spaced parallel relationship by ablock 12 (fc-r 'the sinkers 10 in. the body 1) and 13 (for the sinkers 11 in the lid 2) of. suitable, material poking a pin or like object through the appropriate slot.

If desired also the opposite side walls 18, 19 and 20, 21 may have saw teeth as shown in Figure 4 or other projecting formations for engagement by the blocks 12 and ls -respectivel-y toseeu-re themfirmlyin position.

It will be understood that with the'two-groups of sinkers held in the closed body and like parts of the box the sinkers are thus presented in a -handy pack for sale and the sinkers are maintained supported, in their initial precision form during transport or storage and while they remain in the respective parts of the box, by the blocks of suitable-materiaL The suitable material may be for example wax, or gelatine, or the like, or it may be a material having similar constituency to soap, or a plastic or'a suitable-powder, or any other material having similarproperties to-any of these materials.

In the instance'of powder, this may be of a type which can be compressed-and when compressed adheres together to form a bar or block, the powder being disposed in the; box and compression being etfected before or after the sinkers are disposed in the box.

The support, having grooves for the reception of the thinner blade parts of the sinkers may be of plastic material moulded integrally with the box. The sinkers may first be mounted in a grooved jig or tool in which they are firmly supported against bending or distortion whilst they are being pressed into position in the supporting block 12,,13.

I claim:

1. A case holding a plurality of knitting machine jack sinkers, having each a long portion and a short portion atright angle thereto, comprising a walled body member open on top and a lid member open at the bottom engaging said body member for closure, a block positioned in each member ,andholding a series of said jack sinkers spaced from each other in substantially parallel close relationship, and releasably embedding and gripping a long portion of'each jack sinker of said series with the short portions of" the sinkers of each series projecting towards one another and'positioned at opposite sides of the case, and means for accurately positioning a block in each member, said body and lid members beingso dimensioned that upon placement in each of a block holding a series of jack sinkers the lid may be engaged on the body, and the jack sinkers of each series will be free from contact with the jack sinkers of the other series, each member including a partition forming an abutment for the ends of the long portions of its sinkers and defining with the wall of its member a compartment for receiving the short portions of the sinkers of the other member. V

2'. In a case, as claimed in claim 1, the material of said blocks being wax.

3. A case holding a plurality of knitting machine twoarmed jack sinkers having each a long arm and a short arm projecting at right angle thereto, comprising two open hollow members including interengaging means for closure of the case, a block positioned in each member and holding armies of jack sinkers spaced from each other in substantially, close relation embodying and gripping releasably a portion of the long arm of each jack sinker or" said series, with the short arms of the sinkers of each series projecting towards one another and positioned at opposite sides of the case, and means for accurately positioning the sinkers of each block in a member comprising a partition formed in each member receiving in abutment the ends of the long arms of the sinkers of the member and defining with the wall a recess receiving the short arms of the jack sinkers of the other member, when said members are interengaged.

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